My Dear Mother: Stormy Boastful, and Tender Letters by Distinguished Sons--From Dostoevsky to Elvis

by Holly Johnson (Author), Karen Elizabeth Gordon (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $14.12

  My Dear Mother is an irresistible treasury of more than a hundred letters from distinguished sons to their mothers, offering an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. From William Carlos Williams, who panics at a school dance after waltzing up his partner's dress, to Flaubert, who declares his passionate views on marriage, here is a coterie of men whose letters show that every great man is first a son. With letters from such noted mothers as Sarah Bernhardt, George Sand, and Madame Proust scattered throughout, My Dear Mother is a sometimes comical, often touching portrait of the tugging love between sons and mothers.

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $18.64

  My Dear Mother is an irresistible treasury of more than a hundred letters from distinguished sons to their mothers, offering an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. From William Carlos Williams, who panics at a school dance after waltzing up his partner's dress, to Flaubert, who declares his passionate views on marriage, here is a coterie of men whose letters show that every great man is first a son. With letters from such noted mothers as Sarah Bernhardt, George Sand, and Madame Proust scattered throughout, My Dear Mother is a sometimes comical, often touching portrait of the tugging love between sons and mothers.